the surgical puncturing of a part of the body with a hollow needle in order to extract fluid
centesis in American English
(senˈtisɪs)
nounWord forms: plural-ses (-siz) Surgery
1.
a puncture or perforation
2.
a puncture into a body cavity, usually to remove fluid
Word origin
[‹ NL ‹ Gk, equiv. to kentē- (var. s. of kenteîn to prick) + -sis-sis]-sis is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbsabstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc. Other words that use theaffix -sis include: anamorphosis, crisis, dieresis, ellipsis, prolepsis
Examples of 'centesis' in a sentence
centesis
Liver abscesses were confirmed through centesis and aspiration under ultrasonographic guidance which yield purulent material.
A. M. Abdelaal, Shaimaa M. Gouda, M. Tharwat 2014, 'Clinico-biochemical, ultrasonographic and pathological findings of hepatic abscessin feedlot cattle and buffaloes', Veterinary Worldhttp://www.veterinaryworld.org/Vol.7/May-2014/7.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)